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Tokyo Electron US · 13 hours ago

Vice President, Legal/General Counsel US

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

20+ years exp

Tokyo Electron US is a subsidiary of Tokyo Electron, Ltd., seeking a Vice President, Legal | General Counsel to lead their legal function. The role involves providing legal counsel across all business units, managing complex transactions, and overseeing a team of legal professionals.

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Responsibilities

Deliver a multidisciplinary approach across commercial, regulatory, intellectual property, ethics and compliance, labor and employment, and real estate matters

Advise executive leadership on legal impacts of strategic decisions and risk trade-offs; support escalations and board-level matters

Manage outside counsel to ensure scope, quality, timeliness, and cost discipline; implement matter management and billing best practices

Lead, negotiate, and close expedited, sophisticated technology, commercial, and real estate transactions; oversee related contracts management and IP considerations

Oversight for the review of a high volume of complex IP, technology, and commercial agreements (e.g., JDAs, licenses, software, supply, services)

Provide strategic IP counsel in connection with new product development and commercialization; coordinate pre-litigation, defense, and settlement of patent claims

Oversee ethics and compliance programs, including training, investigations, and reporting; ensure adherence to global standards and local regulations

Champion productivity improvements, knowledge sharing, and process simplification across the transactional legal team

Develop department strategy, budgets, and talent plans; coach and grow a diverse team; foster engagement aligned to TEL’s culture

Qualification

JD from accredited institutionActive State Bar membership20 years practicing lawComplex transactional mattersTechnology company experienceBusiness proficiency in JapaneseOral communication skillsWritten communication skillsLeadership experience

Required

BA/BS and JD from accredited institution; active State Bar membership in good standing

Minimum 20 years practicing law, including at least 10 years addressing global and international regulatory and legal issues

Proven ability to independently manage complex transactional matters and deliver business-oriented solutions

Exceptional oral and written communication abilities, including experience presenting to senior leadership and large audiences

Preferred

Business proficiency in both Japanese and English, with the ability to communicate effectively in a global corporate environment

Experience working at a technology company, with a strong preference for candidates who have worked in the semiconductor sector and/or a Japanese company

Company

Tokyo Electron US

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Since its founding in 1963, TEL has grown to encompass many offices around the world that engineer, manufacture, sell, and service wafer-processing or semiconductor production equipment (SPE), as well as flat panel display (FPD) and thin-film silicon photovoltaic equipment (PVE).

Founded in 1963

Tokyo, Tokyo, JPN

10001+ employees